Star Wars Roleplaying Board

Star Wars Exodus is a Star Wars roleplaying board establised
in 2003. Formed from the exodus of roleplayers from the old Star Wars Galaxies
RP boards, due to their closure to non-players of the game. Exodus is now,
the best place to write star wars roleplaying fiction on the web, whether
you want to roleplay a Jedi, a Sith, an Imperial, Rebel or Bounty Hunter -
this is a friendly, welcoming community with a host of great stories ready
to join. Star wars roleplaying has never been so easy or so much fun, so enter,
get roleplaying, and have fun!

Star Wars Fanfic

Star Wars Roleplaying not your thing? Simply want to read
some great Starwars Fanfic? Then you've come to the right place. Here at Exodus:
Star Wars Roleplaying Board, we have nearly ten years worth of collaborative star
wars fan fiction sitting waiting to be read. Got a story in mind yourself?
Want to write some Starwars fanfic in a place where it will be read and appreciated?
Then welcome, sign up today, and start writing your own Starwars Fan Fiction
immediately.

Click on the Visual Encycopedia image to read more of our
history and find out what state our galaxy is in, or alternatively go straight
to the star wars roleplaying
forum and introduce yourself!

New to Starwars Roleplaying ?

Star wars roleplaying is basically a form of collaborative
writing, effectively collaboratively writing Starwars fanfic. You choose a
character you want to roleplay, and you write a post on our forum stating
what they are doing. Others will write what their characters are doing, and
through this process stories are created whereby you decide your characters
actions. There are no dice rolls or stat sheets in this form of roleplaying.
So if you've ever been frustrated by the limited choices you are presented
with when playing a commercial Star Wars Computer game, or wish to explore
the Star Wars Universe in more depth, it's locations, it's technology or it's
characters then this might be for you. All you need for starwars roleplaying
is imagination and a desire to write.

Starwars Roleplaying Quick Start Guide

2. Ask for help if needed, at Exodus : Star Wars Roleplaying;
we don't just complain about not reading the FAQ and post links, we actually
help!

3. Go to the Roleplaying
OOC Forum and have a scan through the threads currently being discussed.
We don't only do Star Wars Roleplaying at Exodus : Star Wars Roleplaying,
we also have a World
Of Heroes RP Forum for those who wish to Role Play a super hero, mutant
or super villain and we have a Spiral
Of Worlds RP Board. Where literally anything goes, any fantasy setting,
a video game perhaps? Some wierd dream you had? You choose the setting.

4. If you want to dive straight into Star Wars Roleplaying,
then you need to choose a board to write on. We have three options here, firstly
our Exodus Galaxy Star
Wars Roleplaying Board which is our own timeline with it's own history,
characters and governments. This timeline continued from the events of the
Original Star Wars Trilogy, but is now [18/08/2011] set 18 years after the
battle of Yavin. This is the most popular board and the easiest place to join
an existing thread. If you prefer to write Starwars Roleplaying at the time
of the Original Trilogy, then the Starwars
Roleplaying : The Rebellion Era Forum is the place for you. Roleplayers
looking to write in the same era as the Starwars : The Old Republic MMORPG
should write in the Starwars
Roleplaying : The Old Republic Forum . Finally for those of you who want
to RP a canon character or a cross-over thread, or any era not covered then
we have the Starwars
Roleplaying: The Stories Board.

5. Having chosen a board to do your Roleplaying on, find a
thread that sounds interesting, and either ask to join in the OOC Forum, or
send a private message to the thread creator. Some threads might be listed
as [Open] in which case, one and all is invited and you can jump straight
in.

6. Having found a thread in which to start Roleplaying, choose
your character, you need a race, a gender, a name and a rough idea of who
they are, are they a Bounty Hunter? A merchant? A Dark Jedi? A Freighter Pilot?
It's your choice.

7. Having chosen your character and thread, start writing.
Do not write other peoples abilities or actions, give them a chance to react.
So, for example; you can't write 'Zajek slammed his fist into Elvins jaw
sending him tumbling to the floor, knocking tables over...' but you can
write, 'Zajek threw a punch at Elvins jaw, his punch was strong and his
aim was true.' because if you write the second example, Elvins owner could
write, 'Elvin saw the attack out of the corner of his eye, and barely ducked
in time. Rising he tried to kick his attackers knee out, to knock him off
balance.'

Another example, you can't write 'Zajek aimed his blaster
at Evins head and pulled the trigger, the shot rang true and left a neat black
hole on both sides of the head, while Elvin collapsed to the floor - dead.'
but you could write; 'Zajek aimed his blaster at Evins head and pulled
the trigger.'

If you see people writing things happening to other peoples
characters, then it is because they have agreed to it previously via private
message or simply have been roleplaying together for so long that they know
what that know how to write for each other.

8. Unlike the typical Star Wars Roleplaying Board, we don't
have a strict set of rules stating that you can't play a Jedi until you've
been a member for 5 years and if you do, you have to start as a Force Sensitive
and spend 6 months Roleplaying their finding a Master. We are about the stories,
not about rules. We would encourage anyone to start weak, then build up -
but there are no rules to enforce this. A character whose progress has been
Roleplayed out well, for a long period will be better accepted and you will
find more people willing to join your Roleplaying Story.

9. Once you've been roleplaying a character for a while, write
a wikia article on them, so the rest of the board and read their summarised
history - lots of forum members are happy to help with this.

10. Have fun! The main point of the Exodus : Star Wars Roleplaying
Board is to have fun, and improve your writing skills.

The
original Starwars Roleplaying Board, the first Starwars Roleplaying Forum!

The
first Star Wars Roleplaying Board, the original Star Wars Roleplaying Forum!